Barefoot Gen (1976 film)

Barefoot Gen
DVD cover
Directed by	Tengo Yamada
Produced by	Tengo Yamada
Written by	Keiji Nakazawa
Starring	Rentarō Mikuni Sachiko Hodari Kenta Sato Hirokazu Ishimatsu Chizuko Iwahara Yotaro Komatsu Yukiya Minoshima Fumi Soganoya Jun Shimada Shinhei Sakamoto Yuko Oseki Sakae Umezu Akira Oizumi Shinji Maki
Music by	Takeshi Shibuya
Cinematography	Sun Min An
Distributed by	Tengo Yamada
Release dates	January 24, 1976 (1976-01-24)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is the first live-action film of Barefoot Gen in 1976.

Plot

• See the Plot of the main article of Barefoot Gen

Cast

• Kenta Sato as "Gen Nakaoka", Barefoot Gen, the protagonist of the story.
• Rentarō Mikuni as "Daikichi Nakaoka", Gen's father.
• Sachiko Hodari as "Kimie Nakaoka", Gen's mother.
• Yotaro Komatsu as "Koji Nakaoka", Gen's eldest brother.
• Chizuko Iwahara as "Eiko Nakaoka", Gen's elder sister.
• Yukiya Minoshima as "Akira Nakaoka", Gen's elder brother.
• Hirokazu Ishimatsu as "Shinji Nakaoka", Gen's younger brother.
• Fumi Soganoya as "Denjiro Samejima"
• Jun Shimada as "Boku-san"
• Shinhei Sakamoto as teacher "Kishi"
• Yuko Oseki as teacher "Osato"
• Sakae Umezu as teacher "Hirose"
• Akira Oizumi as teacher "Numata"
• Shinji Maki as "Horikawa"

Awards

• director award - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1976)

See also

• Barefoot Gen
• Barefoot Gen (film) - PART1 (1976)
• Barefoot Gen (1977 film) - PART2 (1977)
• Barefoot Gen (1980 film) - PART3 (1980)
• Barefoot Gen (anime) - PART1 (1983)
• Barefoot Gen 2 (anime) - PART2 (1986)
• Barefoot Gen (TV drama) - (2007)
• Grave of the Fireflies

External links

• Barefoot Gen at IMDb